Chhattisgarh has recorded significant rise in use of organic fertilisers by farmers, officials stated.
In the ongoing Rabi season, the State Government has distributed as many as 11.28 lakh packets of organic fertilizer among farmers for various crops while last year around 27000 packets were distributed.
During the Rabi season 2014-15, the Government distributed over 11 lakh packet culture, including PSB, Rhizobium and other cultures, informed Agriculture Minister Brijmohan Agrawal.
He further informed that an organic fertilizer production unit is operating at Abhanpur block’s village Chote Urla in Raipur. In the ongoing Rabi season, over 6.72 lakh packets of PSB were distributed among farmers in Chhattisgarh while 3.53 lakh packets of Rhizobium and large number of other cultures were distributed.